This is a rare item indeed. Serious bids and offers only please.
A bit of history for you...
The album was recorded on a two-track BTR tape recording machine, with most of the instrumentation on one track and the vocals on the other, allowing for a better balance between the two on the final quarter-inch tape mix-down in mono. 16 A stereo mix was made at the same time as the mono mix, with one track on the left channel and the other on the right, as well as an added layer of reverb to better blend the two tracks together. This was common practice for playback on stereo consoles.
Tracks
Side one
1. I Saw Her Standing There McCartney
2. Misery Lennon and McCartney
3. Anna Go to Him Arthur Alexander, Lennon
4. Chains Gerry Goffin, Carole King, George Harrison
5. Boys Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell, Ringo Starr
6. Ask Me Why Lennon
7. Please Please Me Lennon and McCartney
Side two
1. Love Me Do McCartney and Lennon
2. P.S. I Love You McCartney
3. Baby It s You Mack David, Barney Williams, Burt Bacharach, Lennon
4. Do You Want to Know a Secret Harrison
5. A Taste of Honey Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow, McCartney
6. There s a Place Lennon and McCartney
7. Twist and Shout Phil Medley, Bert Russell, Lennon
Released pressings
To any Beatles collector, of critical importance is the label. Before you buy any Beatles record, you must examine the label to ensure it s authenticity. It has to have the right credentials. And of course, the condition is also all important.
In general, the 1st and 2nd pressings have the Black Gold Parlophone label. The 3rd, 4th, 5th 1964 , 6th 1965 and 7th 1968 pressings have the Yellow Black Parlophone label. The later re-pressings from 1969 have Black Silver labels with the EMI boxed logo.
Generally considered to be the Holy Grail of Beatles vinyl: The first album Please Please Me with the Black Gold Parlophone label in Stereo.
There are several various versions of Please Please Me. This the Black Gold label Please Please Me are scarce and becoming harder to find every day which makes them an appreciating investment and indeed a collector s dream.
First pressings 1963 This one
The soon to be replaced gold lettering on black Parlophone label is by far the rarest. These first pressings had the six new McCartney/Lennon songs with a publishing credit of Dick James Music Co. , and the cover was a laminated sleeve with a polythene lined inner sleeve with an advert for Emitex cleaning cloths upon them.
To make the distinction here between the 1st and 2nd pressings....
Second Pressings 1963
Exactly the same as the above, but the publishing credit had changed to Northern Songs . These gold/black pressings are equally as valuable as above. However, research indicates that the Northern Songs credit and before the lettering change as identified in the next pressing, there were fewer of these pressed than the first pressing with only 900 issued.
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